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VOL XXIII. NO. 8.
MILLION MINERS
SME IN ENGL®
■ FUEL IS CUT OFF
Mills Close Down, and Econ
omy Is Practiced —Non-
Essential Shipments Are
Barred by Government
LONDON, Oct. 17.—A million
miners are on strike, cutting off
the national fuel supply and threat
ening the country with industrial
paralysi?.
Speaking for the government,
Premier Lloyd George Immediately
accepted the challenge through an
bfficial statement, in which he
placed all responsibility upon thir
miners and urged the people to co
cparate in defeating the strike.
Although not scheduled to take ef
fect until the shifts changed this
afternoon, the strike really began
yesterday when the afternoon shifts
failed to report in Nottinghamshire
and Durham. This morning the
miners, eager to initiate their test
of strength with the government,
Wtarted pouring out of the plt s like
ants from a hill. Shortly after noon
It was estimated that practically ev
ary miner in the United Kingdom
fead Quit work.
Staffs Only Bamaln
Only the engineering and main
tenance staffs remained. These
were to prevent flooding of the
■nines or deterioration of the ma-
•hlnery. r
The attitude of most of the men
was sullen and determined. Many
readily admitted the probability of
defeat, but they declared they could
hold out for six weeks, at least. No
disturbances were reported.
Z The effect on industry was in
stantaneous. Despite the fact there
was sufficient fuel in reserve to
last a few days, iron and steel mills
in the Yorkshire district Closed vol
.untarily. It was estimated that in
the Tee-side district more x han 10,-
000 metal workers would be Idle
Monday.
An embargo on coal exports al
ready wag in effect. This also ap
plied to bunker coal for foreign ves
sels and only coastwise esseL were
receiving their quota today. It wa
planned to have trans-Atlantic
steaSners carry only sufficient fuel
for a one-way trip, recoaling on the
other side.
Economy in Fuel
Individuals and corporations be
gan practicing economy in the use
as light, heat and power generated
from coal. ttr 'ffccordanc? with the
plans outlined by the government.
Shipment of non-essential freight
was banned. Passenger traffic was
not expected to be seriously affected
tor a few days.
In his statement, Lloyd George re
cited the progress of negotiations
between the miners and owners, with
the part played by the government
His statement wtrs supplemented by
a speech in Dundee by Winston
Churchill, who severally arraigned
the miners for insisting n a flat
wage increase of fifty cents a day,
instead of accepting a scale based on
increased production, as proposed by
the government
An ominous development was a
Statement by the executive commit
tee of the railway workers, which
Warned of the “serious situation”
that would result from defeat of the
miners and declared conditions neces
sitated calling a special conference
of delegates for Wednesday to de
cide what action shall be taken.
The transport workers are sched
ule to hold a similar meeting Mon
day. The railway men and trans
port workers, which with the miners
from the Triple Alliance, are bound
by a "treaty” to aid each ether in
Just such circumstances as have now
►risen. <
Pasquale Now Denies
That He Kidnaped
The Coughlin Baby
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 16.—Augus
to Pasquale Thursday repudiated his
confession that he kidnaped Baby
Blakely Coughlin, smothered him
Accidentally and threw his body into
the Schuylkill river, according to
Montgomery county authorities. He
said the confession was a "lot of
bunk” and that he made it "just to
give the state police something to
Work on.”
Despite his repudiation the police
believe Pasquale’s confession, w'hich
Was made to Major L. G. Adams,
head of the state police, last Friday
And again yesterday in the form of
a signed statement, is true. It was
the only one of his many statements
and confessions, they declared, that
has in any way ben substantiated.
They'called attention to the finding
Df a piece of steel rail with a string
attached at the spot in the river
Where the prisoner said he threw the
. baby's body as bearing out that
■part of his confession.
District Attorney Henninger, of
Montgomery county, announced Pas
quale would not be charged with the
murder of the child unless the body
is found. Formal charges to be
lodged against him, the attorney
said would be abduction, extortion
and blackmail. The maximum pen
alty for abduction tn Pennsylvania
is life imprisonment.
Great Anarchist Plot
Discovered in Milan,
Says Press Report
MILAN, Oct. 16. —A great anarchist
plot has been discovered here, ac
cording to the newspaper 1 erseve
franza today.
- The arrest of the editorial staff of
the anarchist newspaper, Umanita
Nuova, effected yesterday, is declar
ed to have Iwn the first move against
the plot, which is to be followed by
other arrests. The anarchist, En
rico Malatesta, is the paper’s direc
tor.
STOPPED HER FITS
Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident of
Wurtsboro, N. Y., writes that she
stopped her fits with a medicine
that she read about in the paper. She
says she has not had a fit since she
took the first dose and that she
wants every sufferer to know about
this wonderful medicine and what
it did for her. If you, a friend, or
relative, suffer from these dread
ful attacks, you are advised t> send
name and address at once to R. P.
N. Lepso, 895 Island avenue. Mil
iwaukee, Wis., who is generously of
fering to send a bottle of the same
kind of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar
tin, free, to any sufferer who
writes in.— (Advt.)
Wonderful Exhibits
Draw Thousands to -
Southeastern Fair
Stock Judging Contest, Ag
ricultural Displays, Edu
cational Features, Races,
Ets., Greatest on Record
Inaugurating the greatest and
most elaborate exposition of its kind
ever staged in the south, the South
eastern fair oh Saturday flung wide
its gates to thousands of visitors
from every section of the southeast.
Offering the most comprehensive dis
play of livestock, agricultural prod
ucts, machinery, automobiles and a
thousand other exhibits that have a
vital appeal to the public, the fair
constitutes a gigantic educational in
stitution, to say nothing of its func
tion in providing wholesome amuse
ment.
Never before have the various de
partments been so thoroughly jam
med with exhibits of highest typd.
Never before has there been such a
demand for space In which to dis
play modern mechanical appliances,
food products and all sorts of com
modities in general use. n<very one
of the big buildings at Lakewood is
packed with products and articles in
its particular department, while the
stock and swine barns are fairly run
ning over with thoroughbred cattle
and
The opening day witnessed e, mer
ry scene along the midway—Lark
land as it is called. The Johnny J.
Jones shows are holding forth along
this thoroughfare of fun and with
the games of chance eliminated by
the fai r association’s executive com
mittee, the amusement attractions at
the big exposition this year have
been pronounced the cleanest ever
shown in the south.
And the fair visitors seemed to ap
preciate this fact as they poured in
through the turnstiles and flocked
down into the midway to begin a
day of thorough enjoyment. There
were as many different kinds of rid
ing devices as one might desire, as
many varieties of side shows as the
ir.ost enthusiastic fair visitor might
seek. And they all did a land office
usiness on the opening day, so that
,the snowmen were l n high good hu
mor over the prospects for a record
breaking week.
* Band Concerts Feature
Then, in addition to thl amuse
ments in Larkland, there Were band
concerts on the Sylvan Terrace and
in the afternoon racing automobiles
roared around the track, their drivers
risking life and limb for the amuse
ment of the huge crowd up in the
grandstand and in order to pull down
the substantial cash prizes hung up
by the fair management. The auto
races constituted the prime feature
of the program for the first day of
the big exposition, although the dev
otees of horse racing will be given
an opportunity to indulge their de
sires to the utmost when the Grand
Circuit races open up on Monday, to
continue throughout the week.
Some of the best known horses
in the country will appear in the
harness races this week, among them
being trotters and racers of interna
tional fame, horses that have set rec
ords on many a track. Likewise
some'of the famous drivers of the
day will draw the rains over these
thoroughbreds.
The free attractions which always
constitute one of the principal
amusement features of the South
eastern fair are more elaborate this
year than ever before. These high
class vaudeville acts are presented
on the big platform opposite the
grandstand. In the evening gorgeous
displays of fireworks furnish a beau
tiful and impressive climax to the
day's program. The pyrotechnic dis
plays will be staged every night
throughout the fair.
Special-mention must be made of
the live stock exhibit, which is by far
the most comprehensive and repre
sentative in the history of the South
eastern fair. Breeders of thorough
bred cattle, hogs and sheep have
brought animals here from distant
sections of the country. Several
states are represented and two or
three exhibitors are on hand from
as far away as Michigan and New
Jersey, while breeders from the
southern states are here in great
numbers.
Stock Exhibits
Many features which have been
added this year in the live stock de
partment are attracting much atten
tion. The boys’ stock judging con
test, in which the representatives
from the Boys' clubs in several
states will compete, is one of the
prime events of the week. The win
ner will receive a free trip to the
Royal Stock Show in London. Then
there is the fat stock show, which
has been added this year and which
has attracted breeders from many
states. A special train arriving Fri
day night from Richmond, Va„
brought many of the live stock ex
hibits from the eastern and middle
western states which had been
shown at fairs in the east.
Among the cattle breeders exhibit
ing here this year are such noted
establishments as the Pickering
Farms, of Belton, Mo., showing
thoroughbred Herefords; the Baby
Beef club of Hawkins countq, Tenn.,
showing Herefords in tne fat stock
show; L. L. Little & Co., of Fay
atteville, Tenn., showing Shorthorns:
G. B. Harding, of Concord, Tenn.,
and Dr. J. 1. Huggins, of Dan
bridge, Tenn., showing Aberdeen-An
gus.
The Hereford breeders are here in
force bringing some of the finest
specimens of that famous breed ever
seen in the south. Among them are
E. E. Mack & Son, Thomasville, Ga.;
P. S. Cummings & Son. Leia, Ga.;
Woodburn Farms, Woodford, Ky.;
Crossett Cattle company, Crossett.
Ark.; J. R. Smith, Fayetteville.
Tenn.; S. H. Velie. Blue Springs, Mo.;
W. L. Yost, Kansas City, Mo.
The Ayrshire breeders are repre
sented by J. E. Burtis. of Hamilton
Square, N. J., while the Polled Dur
hams are exhibited by C. E. Si
mons & Son, of Geneva. Ind. The
Dutitreath Farms, of Forest Hill.
Tenn., are showing fine specimens
of the Polled Shorthorn breed.
Furs Bred Hogs
In the swine department the
Southeastern fair offers the finest
exhibit of pure bred hogs that has
ever been booked at the big exposi-
(Continued on Fage 7, Column 4)
SENATOR SMITH
TELLS FARMERS
TO HOLD COTTON
Senator Hoke Smith and Senator
William J. Harris are at home again
from Washington; that is, Senator
Smith is in Atlanta while Senator
Harris left the city after breakfast
Monday morning to go to Cedartown
for the day. Senator Smith was at
his headqquarters in the Piedmont
hotel, where he discussed the cotton
situation in emphatic terms, declar
ing firmly his advice, pending a cor
rection of the Federal Reserve Board
that the notes given by cotton fac
tors for advances to farmers cannot
be rediscounted at the Federal Re
serve Bank, was that not a bale of
cotton be sold for the next sixty
days, at the least.
"Better keep the cotton raised this
year and raise none next year,” said
the senator, "than sacrifice it at the
present price.”
In Touch With Federal Board
Senator Smith has been closely in
touch with the board during the re
cent critical juncture, and while he
characterizes the recent ruling of the
board as "astonishing,” he believes
it will be possible to satisfy the
board that 't is wrong In this con
struction of the reserve act.
Senator Smith said:
“While the statement published by
the Federal Reserve Board yester
day morning was not all it should
have been, the members of the board
assured the representatives of farm
ing interests tnat paper secured by
agricultural products would be re
discounted at federal reserve banks
as freely as ever before. The Feder
al Reserve Board should give their
minimum rate of interest on all re
discounts of paper secured by agri
cultural products. Indeed, the pres
sure from all over the country upon
the board to lower all rates of in
terest will, 1 nope, be so great that
this also may speedily be done.
“On Friday tne board heard cot
ton factors from different parts of
the south. The board had recently
ruled that notes given by* cotton
factors for advances to farmers can
not, under the federal reserve act.
be rediscounted at federal reserve
banks. This rulin'g is astonishing.
It is an entire misconception of the
law. The hearing was to show why
this ruling should be changed. I
believe it will be possible to satisfy
the board that this construction put
upon the federal reserve act should
be corrected, and that factors’ notes
must be rediscounted by federal re
ser. e banks.
Xteep Cotton Sixty Days
"In the meantime, 1 would urge
that not a bale of cotton be sold.
Tne present price of cotton is too
low even under the cheapest oppor
tumties for production. Better keep
the cotton raised this year and raise
none next year than sacrifice it at
the present price. Not a bale of cot
ton should be sold for the next six
ty days. There can be no orderly
marketing unless the buyers seek
to purchase, and this condition has
ceased and cotton must be held or
the business interests of all the cot
ton states sacriced.
.“We should all appreciate the in
formation brought to the attention
of the public by Comptroller of the
Currency John Skelton Williams.
The immense resources of the banks
to which he refers are most encour
aging. The federal reserve board
should lower discount rates and all
interest charges would then -be re
duced. This would greatly encour
age and stimulate all lines of busi
ness.”
Mixed Baby Case May
Go to Supreme Court
Before Jury Trial
No definite action was taken by
Judge Bell in the superior court
Saturday in the “mixed baby” case.
Attorneys .. illiam E. Arnaud, for
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Garner, and
James W. Austin, for Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel L. Pittman, held a confer
ence with Judge Bell, with a view
to carrying the case to the supreme
court.
Trial of the case before a jury has
been set for November 1 before
Judge Bell, but it is believed that
this will be postponed until a later
date, and that in the meantime the
case will be carried to the higher
court on exceptions to Judge Bell’s
action in allowing the amendment
to the original habeas corpus peti
tion which amendment provided for
the case to be tried before a jury.
The case, which was heard before
Judge Bell a few days ago, has at
tracted considerable attention
throughout the state. Mrs. Garner
is seeking to secure possession of
Louise Madeline, an eighteen
months-old baby, in the possession
of Mrs. Pittman, claiming that it
is her child, having been accidentally
exchanged at the time of birth at
Grady hospital. Mrs. Pittman denies
the allegations, claiming the baby
is her own.
The child that was given to Mrs.
Garner and which neither mother
claimed, died last spring.
Wilson Asked to
Investigate Cotton
And Peanut Markets
COLUMBUS, Oct. 16. —As a means
of stimulating the price of cotton,
the Columbus, Ga., highway depart
ment Saturday afternoon, following
a long discussion of existing condi-
wired President Wilson con
cerning the matter as follows;
“Contemplated investigation of the
wheat market by the government has
sent up prices. Why not also inves
tigate cotton and peanuts? The im
pression of discriminating prevails.”
It was contended at the meeting
that whether a probe results or not.
agitation to that end will boost
prices. It was further pointed out
that the ridiculously low price of
cotton and other farm products was
retarding highway construction in
Georgia.
■ Ignored Night Riders;
Whipped at His Home
ALBANY. Ala.. Oct. 18.—Wilbur
Byars. Lawrence county cotton plant
er .who ignored warnings of night
I riders, was severely whipped by three
I men at his home near here, accord
ing to information reaching the sher-
| iff’s office today.
The whipping is alleged to have oc
curred Saturday night. According to
authorities, Byars recognized the
three men and will swear out war
rants for them. Judge Robert C.
Brickell, of the circuit court, has or
dered a special grand jury to convene
at Moulton October 25 to investigate
the case.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1920.
11. S. RESERVE BOARD
SAYS CREDIT HJS
WOT BEENCURTAILED
No Further Farm Credits
Available Now State
ment Disappoints Farmers’
Representatives
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLEB
WASHINGTON, D. £., Oct. 16.
The Federal Reserve Board, issued Its
expected statement late today re
garding extension of farm credits,
and its reply to the pleas made
throughout the week by delegations
of farm leaders is a practical rejec
tion of every suggestion offered for
federal assistance in the present ag
ricultural crisis. The board claims
that credit has been “steadily avail
able” for the successive seasonal re
quirements of agriculture and that
the credit situation Is “improved.”
This is in variance v th claims
here during the cotton con
ference and at the meetings with
the board and Secretary Houston.
That the chief market for our raw
and manufactured products Is at
home is another statement by the
board, which makes no reference to
the request made of Secretary Hous
ton that the war finance corporation
be re-established to aid in the ex
portation of agricultural products to
central Europe.
-Tonight s action of the board was
forecast in yesterday’s dispatches to
The Journal, which reported that the
farmers would be disappointed.
The board met every statement,
charge and demand of the farmers,
and replied with claims that credit
had been available, and then inform
ed the farmers that the disturbances
of credit and demand were inevita
ble and unavoidable because of the
world war.”
The board in its statement tonight
set forth, in substance, the following
declarations;
Features of Reply
First—That the chairman and gov
ernors of federal reserve banks, now
in conference here, had declared that
credit had been available to meet all
the seasonal requirements of agricul
ture, and that there was no occasion
to fear this credit would not continue.
Second—That the present improved
credit situation is due in part to the
timely steps taken last spring by
the board and that this effort was to
provide credit for crop-moving re
quirements.
Third—That reports from 800 lead
ing member banks representing 70
per cent of the' member bank re
sources, showed they had increased
their loans for agricultural, indus
trial and commercial purposes by an
amount exceeding $1,800,000,000 since
last January.
Fourth—That this increase in cred
it was possible because of the facili
ties extended by the federal reserve
banks.
Fifth—That the twelve federal re
serve banks have increased their
holdings of agricultural and commer
cial paper by more than $500,000,000,
and increased their issues of federal
reserve notes by more than $460,000,-
000, and that federal reserve banks
with surplus funds have extended ac
commodation to federal reserve banks
in agricultural and live stock dis
tricts by means of discounts of more
than $225,000,000.
Sixth—That the price and demand
disturbance is inevitable, that while
heavy exportations of foodstuffs have
continued, the producer must look to
the consumers of this country to take
his produce.
Indefensible, Say Members
After consideration of the state
ment issued by the federal reserve
board, the joint committee of the re
cent agricultural conference left here
to deal with the matter, submitted
the following report to - Chairman
Charles S. Barrett, of the confer
ence:
“The statement issued tonight by
the federal reserve board not only
does not attempt to meet the situa
tion and will not alter conditions, but
is even couched in terms to support
the price declines. The board’s dec
larations that present disturbances
are inevitable and unavoidable is in
defensible in this crisis.
"We advise that the next meeting
(of the full conference) be held here
October 28 to complete plans already
discussed in executive session.”
Mr. Barrett, who is president of
the National Farmers’ union, also is
sued a statement attacking the re
serve board's statement as "quib
bling in essence and offering no re
lief whatever for agriculture from
the present oppressive financial con
dition.”
Barrett’s Statement
"The board is either totally and
excusably ignorant of the real con
ditions as they affect the farmer, or
is unwilling to publicly admit the
facts," he said.
“Every farmer who is an applicant
for credit knows that agriculture is
not now, and has not for months been
supplied with funds needed to ef
fect the orderly marketing of their
crops.
“It is an astounding proposition
that the federal reserve board should
be ignorant of this fact.
"The statement promises that
credit would flow in future as it
has in the past. If this means that
the present apparent policy of the
board is to continue, then it is not
a bit of use to tell the expectant
farmers that they will be given nec
essary and indispensable credit.
“I cannot help but believe that the
board is showing a more tender re
gard for those who are manipulating
agriculture than it will extend to the
men who actually till the soil.”
With reference to plans to the ag
riculturalists, committee members
said a much larger and more widely
representative convention of grow
ers would be called to carry on the
fight for credit extension.
Chattooga Women
Register to Vote
LYERLY, Ga., Oct. 18.—The first
move by the women of Chattooga
county to qualify as ovters was
made a few days afo, when a large
number of prominent women of
Summerville registered, believing
they will be permitted to vote in the
presidential election in November.
In the event the women are given
the right to vote, and many of those
who registered believe Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey will call a special
session of the legislature to adopt
the amendment, it is probable sev
eral hundred Chattooga county wom
en will participate in the next elec
tion. _ _
» COME TO GEORGIA Wli
f ■ STOCK RAISERS jfcSSI
■B ' * '■ \
L . I
rriHIS IS a concrete, practical sample of the way =
J. Georgia will be advertised from coast to coast
fe through the Advertise Georgia Enterprise. A series of
; advertisements such as this already have been prepared,
to appear in periodicals with a national circulation. ' • ..A :
.J;.-; : ; Imagine the effect of this particular advertisement, \ -'A
• for instance, on a North Dakota rancher. It shows, in
the small oval, a herd being swept by such a blizzard ; * :; -
x;. > i as kills off stock by the thousand in North Dakota. On i \ /<.:
the other hand, it pictures the sunshiny pasture lands of v . 5 .
Mitill Georgia, a state that has never had a single head of
cattle killed by freezing or starvation, and where prac- ;<• ' / .'l.
tically every county is free from the cattle tick. PtW
In the advertisement, the space occupied by this
wHI type will be, devoted to driving home these points to the ; v * : .z
ranc^er ‘ H Wl tl tell him exactly where to write to get tf* ■' •< •
further information about Georgia cattle and Georgia |
lands, and, when he does write, he will be “followed |
• 05 a “prospect” until he is “sold.”
If State Banks Join
’ Federal Reserve System
Situation VFill Be Helped
Entrance of additional banks into
the federal reserve system in order
that a greater number of farmers
may enjoy the credit privileges and
benefits contemplated by the system,
is urged in a communication ad
dressed to The Journal Saturday
by J. K. Ottley, president of the
Fourth National bank, of Atlanta,
and a member of the board of direc
tors of the Federal Reserve bank for
the Sixth district, being the bankers'
representative on the board.
Following is Mr. Ottley’s commu
nication:
"To The Editor of The Atlanta Jour
nal:
"In The Journal of yesterday I
read with Interest an interview with
Hon. J. J. Brown, in which he
quotes Governor Harding, of the fed
eral reserve board, as follows:
“ ‘The federal reserve banks can
and will handle all farm paper pre
sented to them by the member banks.’
“It is a well known fact that the
federal reserve banks cannot deal
with individuals, firms or corpora
tions, except through banks that are
members of the federal reserve sys
tem.
“In this connection it may be in
teresting to note that as of Decem
ber 31, 1919, there were in this fed
eral reserve district (the sixth) 426
member banks and 1,524 non-member
banks.
“It appears to me somewhat unfor
tunate for our agricultural interests
in this section that there should not
be a larger number of member
banks. This is particularly true in
view of the fact that a very large
proportion of these non-member
banks are institutions which have di
rect contact with the farmers. If
these banks held membership, they
could bring direct to their farmer
clientele the benefits contemplated
by the federal reserve system.
"The ideal and the fundamental
program of the federal reserve bank
is to render the largest possible
service to the business interests of
the nation. Certainly these_interests
are largely agricultural. It is plain
that if they do not have access to
the resources and the facilities pro
vided for their use they are deprived
of benefits to which they are enti
tled.
"The opening up of the channels
to the resources of the federal re
serve system can be accomplished
largely through the coming into the
system of those banks which are now
non-members. Yours truly,
“JOHN K. OTTLEY.”
BOMBS THREATEN
MEMBERS-OF
LEAGUE SESSION
MILAN, Oct. 15.—Two bombs were
thrown into the vestibule of the Ho
tel Cavor today, where several del
egates to the meeting of the League
of Nations’ union were staying.
Considerable damage was done, but
there were no casualties.
A waiter was arrested, charged
with signalling from a window to
the men who threw the bombs.
Buried Body of Missing
Messenger Is Found;
Disappeared Oct. 5
CAMDEN, N. J., Oct. 16.—The
body of David S. Paul, messenger
of the Broadway Trust company, of
this. city, who disappeared October
5 with SIO,OOO in cash and $12,500
in checks, was found today near
Mount Holly, N. J.
The body was buried under two
feet of earth.
Pedigreed Hog Gets
Hotel Luxuries
DES MOINES, lowa.—ln lowa
nothing is too good for the hog.
Recently Baby Hawkeye Giant, an
eight-months-old junior champion
porker, weighing 350 pounds and
valued at SIO,OOO, arrived at a
prominent downtown hotel in an
expensive automobile, walked into
the hotel lobby on carpets spread
especially for hie. visit, was reg
istered for by W. J. Carmichael,
secretary of the National Swine
Show, posed for a picture and then
snorted his wai haughtily into the
elevator and rose to a tenth-floor,
corner front room, who-e he was
to spend the night.
DEATH RELEASES
ONE OF 12 IRISH
HUNGER STRIKERS
CORK, Oct. 18.— (By the Associat
ed Press.)—The first death among the
hunger strikers in Cork jail occurred
last night. Fitzgerald died at 9:45
o’clock, having fasted sixty-eight
days.
The condition of Fitzgerald and
Murphy had become so grave that,
with the consent of the other hunger
strikers, the prison doctors were per
mitted to give Fitzgerald medical
treatment. A Cork specialist was
also called in.
Fitzgerald was arrested for shoot
ing Private Soldier Jones outside
Fermoy church on September 7, 1919.
Fitzgerald was one of the eleven
men on a hunger strike in the Cork
jail whose cases for a long time
have been the source of wonderment
on the part of the medical authori
ties. Nearly a month ago Dr. Pear
son and Dr. Battiscombe, the jail
physicians, expressed profound
amazement that the men who were
abstaining from food were still
alive and conscious. At that time
the physicians said that except for
the devotion and care of the nuns
in attendance upon them It was cer
tain that several of the prisoners
would long since have been dead.
All the hunger strikers were de
clared to have been reduced to a se
vere degree of emaciation. The fa
cial emaciation of Fitzgerald at the
time of his death was declared to be
most pronounced.
M’SWINEY IN IGNORANCE
OF FITZGERALD’S DEATH
LONDON, Oct. IS. —Relatives to
day refrained from telling Lord
Mayor MacSwiney of the death of
Michael Fitzgerald, one of the elev
en Cork prison hunger strikers. The
mayor developed a slight cold over
Sunday and his relatives feared the
depressing effect of the announce
ment. Fitzgerald had fasted sixty
eight days.
MacSwiney slept well last night
but developed a chill. I was the
sixty-seventh day of his fast.
Thieves Hide Loot
Under Church Window
NEW YORK, N. Y. —The search of
the' metropolitan police for a $200,000
cache of stolen automobile tires and
accessories ended in the shadow of
the $10,000,000 Cathedral of St. John
the Divine on aristocratic Morning
side Heights here.
There, almost directly below the
cathedral’s $1,000,000 rose window,
clever thieves had burrowed an ex
tensive cave which was filled to over
flowing. Jewelry valued at several
thousand dollars and a “black book”
of New York fences and automobile
thieves was also found.
WILSON WRITES
HARDING ABOUT
FRENCH MATTER
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson today directed inquiries
to both the French government and
Senator Harding as to the Repub
lican presidential candidate’s recent
statement that he had been ap
proached "informally” by a repre
sentative of France and asked to
lead in the formation of an associa
tion of nations.
The inquiry to Senator Harding
which was in the form of a let
ter, was made public at the White
House. At first, officials there re
fused to deny or confirm that an
inquiry also had been sent to the
French government, but subsequent
ly Secretary Tumulty announced
that such action had been taken.
Mr. Tumulty would not say what
form the Inquiry to the French gov
ernment had taken nor whether it
had been communicated through the
embassy here or through the Amer
can ambassador at Paris.
The president’s inquiry to Senator
Harding was contained in a letter
given out today at the White House.
.The letter follows:
My dear Senator:
In the New York Times of
yesterday, Sunday, October 17,
1920, I find a ditpatch dated St.
Louis, October 16, which pur
ports recent public ut
terancefe of yours. In it occurs
the following:
"Replying to criticism of his
proposal for an association of
nations, he said in rear platform
speech at Greencastle, Ind., that
he already had been approached
informally by a representative
> of France, who asked that the
United States lead the way to a
world fraternity.”
I write to ask if this is a cor
rect quotation and if you really
said what is there accredited to
you. I need not point out to you
the grave and extraordinary in
ferences to be drawn from such
a statement, namely, that the
government of France, Vvhich Is
a member of the Leagu eof Na
tions, approached private citi
zens of a nation which is not a
member of the league with a re
quest "that the United States
lead the way to a world frater
nity.” The department of state
has already found the govern-
- ment of France most honorably
mindful of its international ob
ligations and punctiliously care
ful to dbserve all the proprieties
of international intercourse
I hesitate, therefore, to draw
the inference to which I have re
ferred, unless I am assured by
you that you actually made this
statement.
Very truly yours,
(Signed WOODROW WILSON.
The letter to Senator Hardnig was
given out without comment but it
was Intimated that if Senator Hard
ing replied that he was correctly
quoted, ther emight be another letter
or a statement based upon Harding’s
speech, forthcoming from the White
House.
FRANCE DENIES SENDING
OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN
PARIS, Oct. 18.—The French for
eign office said today that a new
association of nations may have
been discussed by Senator Warren
G. Harding and "some Frenchman.”
The announcement said, however,
that if a Frenchman did have such
a conversation with Senator Har
ding, he was not acting as a spokes
man for France.
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RESDLUTIDN ASKING
HOUSTON DISMISSAL
TOGOTOPBESIDENT
Cotton Conference Asks Wil
son to Remove Secretary
of Treasury for Alleged
Hostility to Farmers
A copy of the resolution request
ing President Wilson to remove Da
vid F. Houston from the office of
secretary of the treasury, which was
adopted Saturday by the Georgia di
vision of the American Cotton as
sociation, will be sent at ones to the
White House, and the reply of the
president will be awaited with keen
interest.
In the course of the discussion of
the resolution, several speakers
Called attention to the fact that
a request by Governor Kapper, of
Kansas, for President Wilson to In
vestigate the wheat situation was
immediately granted with an imme
diate rise In the price of wheat.
They contrasted this Immediate con
sideration of Governor Kapper’s re
quest, presented to the Wlhte House
on Friday, with the failure of a
delegation of farmers representing
all farm organizations of the country
to obtain an interview with the pres
ident earlier In the week. \
It was plain from the speeches of
all speakers at the meeting that
Secretary Houston Is held more to
blame for the curtailment of farm
credits and the heavy decline In the
price of cotton and other farm prod
ucts than are the members of the
federal reserve board. There was
expressed by numerous speakers the
most severe crlticisf of Secretary
Houston, but there was practically
no criticism of Governor Harding
or his colleagues of the federal
reserve board. The feeling of most
of the cotton leaders of Georgia is
that Governor Harding Is the friend
of the cotton grower and would be
of service to them In this crisis if
his way was not blocked by Secre
tary Houston.
The meeting closed at 12:30 Sat
urday afternoon, following the adop
tion of the resolution requesting
Secretary Houston’s removal, and
other resolutions. Two sessions
were held on Friday and one on Sat
urday. ThO attendance was the best
since the Georgia division of
American association was formed..
Upwards of two hundred representa
tive farmers, merchants, bankers,
editors and others, from nearly ev
ery section of the state, attended the
meeting.
Other Resolutions
Numerous other resolutions were
adopted by the association at the
Saturday morning session, the prin
cipal one of these being a resolution
touching the main points of the cot
ton situation. The recommendations
contained therein were as follows:
1— That the lawless burning of
gins and posting of notices should
be stopped at once by the farmers.
2 That the suspended war finance
corporation should be revived to aid
In opening central European markets
for cotton.
3 That the federal reserve board,
in Washington, should at once make
clear that Its term "orderly market
ing” does not mean the sale of farm
products below production cost; and
should inform member banks that
farmers’ paper secured by cotton
warehouse receipts will be re-dis
counted freely without curtailment,
and should establish a flat interest
rate of five per cent on farm paper
secured by bonded cotton warehouse
receipts.
4.—That should the board.fall or
refuse to take these steps, then cot
ton growers should tender to mer
chants, to pay bills, their promissor’
notes secured by warehouse
and should under no circumstance*
sell cotton for less than cost of‘-prcr
duction.
s—That5 —That next year’s crop should
be cut 50 per cent; if cost of pro
duction is not obtained for this year’s
crop, no cotton should be raised next
year at all.
Co-Operative Marketing
The meeting adopted a resolution
urging the continued construction of
local warehouses and the develop
ment of co-operative marketing of
cotton in lots of not less than 100
bales.
Also—
A resolution Indorsing the expert
corporation now being organized; the
Georgia Cotton Bank now being or
ganized; the formation of co-opera
tive pools .to sell low-grade cotton
abroad. This resolution directed the
president of the Georgia division, R.
W. Mattox, to appoint a committee of'
five good men in each congressional
district to push forward subscrip
tions to the capital stock of the ex
port corporation.
A resolution thanking the Georgia
Cotton Manufacturers’ association
for supporting the growers in their
holding movement, and for offering
growers the use of their warehouses
to store cotton with cash advances
where wanted. This resolution di
rected President Mattox to investi
gate this offer in detail.
A resolution requesting farmers
who apply for bank loans on cot
ton warehouse collateral and fail to
obtain same, to report the facts at
once to the director of the state bu
reau of markets.
A resolution directing that copies
of the resolution lequesting the re
moval of Secretary Houston from the
cabinet be sent at once to each state
division of the American Cotton as
sociation, to the president of the
22 farm organizations who met last
week in Washington, with a request
for similar action by their organiza
tions, and to the senators and con
gress men from Georgia.
King Alexander, Bitten
By Monkey, Suffers
Most Dangerous Crisis
ATHENS. Oct. 16 —(By the Asso
ciated Press.) King Alexander,
critically ill as the result of a bite
recently inflicted by a monkey, suf
fered two hours of the most dan
gerous crisis Friday night.
The cabinet met at midnight and
decided to summon the late parlia
ment for £he election of a regent.